CELEBRATING A LIFEXU students release balloons into the air following a Memorial Mass celebrating the life of Akisha Smith, a freshman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, who was killed in a car accident earlier this month.

AN EVENING OF POETRY Major Jackson (center), a University of Vermont professor and the poetry editor of the Harvard Review, chats with sophomore speech pathology major Courtney Brooks of Baton Rouge LA (Redemptorist High School) and freshman biology/pre-med major Kearns Louis-Jean of Boston MA (O’Bryant High) following his Springtime at Xavier series presentation.

photo by Irving Johnson III

ON TARGET

Team members – (L-R) Ifeanyi Inor, a P3 student from Nigeria; Tammara Taylor, a P3 student from Universal City TX (Judson High); Elizabeth Barthelemy, a P3 student from Harvey LA; and Liliana Consenza, a P3 student from Terrytown LA (West Jefferson) – presented the winning business plan for the pending FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for Narcotic Analgesics during a Target Corporation contest conducted at the College of Pharmacy's Health and Wellness Center in Harahan LA. The group shared a $4,000 scholarship.

photo by Irving Johnson III

SECOND LINING

Dr. Michael White '76 leads the Liberty Brass Band and hundreds of audience members in a second line during his lively “Buckjump: The Culture of the Second Line" presentation in the University Center.

photo by Irving Johnson III

COASTAL DIG

Members of the XU Tri Beta Biology Honor Society traveled to Fifi Island near Grand Isle LA to participate in a coastal restoration project where they planted more than 1,000 plants to assist in controlling erosion on the important barrier island. Among the participants were: (front row, from lef) Kristal Huggins, Olivia Atalla, Allan Auguillard, LaAisha Elliott and Danielle Foster; (back row) Kordell Hunter, Xavier Readus, Steve Morgan and Freddie Williams. Visit HERE for more details.

photo courtesy Tri Beta

LOUISIANA'S FIRST 100 AFRICAN AMERICAN CPAS

William Jeffrion, XU associate vice president for auxiliary and support services (center - bottom of stair case)
was among those
honored by the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) and
the Harrison-Rochon
CPAs Education Foundation at a gala paying tribute to Louisiana's First 100 African American Certified
Public Accountants.
Visit HERE for more details.xxxxxxxphoto courtesy NABA